I think Pollard's comment says as much about Griffin as it does about Reed. Reed is not known for his tackling skills, but his plays on the football. Griffin sucks at tackling, but if he has the chance at making a play on the ball he is actually pretty good at it. Just don't ask him to tackle anybody.
However, if you have a SS who can clobber people and a ballhawk for a FS that usually is a pretty good combo. Griffin was unfortunate the last few years that our SS were probably the worst in the NFL.
Let's see what Michelle can do this year.

I think Pollard's comment says as much about Griffin as it does about Reed. Reed is not known for his tackling skills, but his plays on the football. Griffin sucks at tackling, but if he has the chance at making a play on the ball he is actually pretty good at it. Just don't ask him to tackle anybody.
However, if you have a SS who can clobber people and a ballhawk for a FS that usually is a pretty good combo. Griffin was unfortunate the last few years that our SS were probably the worst in the NFL.
Let's see what Michelle can do this year.

Reed is a great tackler. He's just not known for making tackles because of all his picks.

He's a hard hitter too. Most don't realize that though. I'm sure there's a highlight reel on YouTube of him knocking the piss out of guys on the reg.

You know what you're getting with Griffin. He is best and playing center field and making plays on the ball! He is not a hard hitting/sure tackling safety so don't expect him to be. Pollard will take that role and will allow for Griffin to go back to playing Center field which he is best known for!

Well if receivers around the league are smart they will go down when Griffin hits them because that slow down to break his tackle puts them in Pollards sights and I know who I would want to tackle me between those two.

Well at least I got confirmation that it's not just us being "homers". Griffin is absolutely getting slaughtered in the Bills scouting report from last years game.

Michael is in his 6th NFL season and has started 78 of the 85 games he's played. He is the starting strong safety that plays deep in cover 2 as well as rotated up in the box, He does stay deep in nickel and dime situations. He plays with average awareness and only average aggressiveness in support. He is not a real physical run defender and he has too many missed tackles the season. He gets out of position too often for an experienced player and gives up too many plays. In coverage he appears to be an average athlete that has average foot quickness and flexibility and once the ball turns over he will get depth in his drop and worked to keep receivers in front of him. He is a tendency to float and once the ball is put up in the air he is too often late to key and make a break on the football. He does appear to have decent range and burst to close but has not made any plays this season. In man coverage he has average speed and range to carry receivers vertically down the field and he has the strength to hold up to contact in coverage. He is a tendency to play it safe but he also has given up too many plays for being a stay-at-home player. He is inconsistent defending the run and has given up too many plays in pass coverage.

They actually evaluate him to only be competing for a backup position with the Bills, ouch.

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